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Sutherland Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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P O Box 307, 333 Maple Street,
Sutherland NE 69165

(308) 386-4393

58.66% estimated occupancy ¹

Sutherland Care Center is in Sutherland, Nebraska. This city has a population of 1,789 people. With an overall score of B, this appears to be a very respectable option. This facility definitely has plenty going for it. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Nebraska Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

On top of earning a great overall grade, this facility also received an elite nursing rating. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an A-. We looked at the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients even once per day.

Facility Inspections

This facility also performed well in inspections. It received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed this well in multiple categories. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our stronger grades in that area, with a grade of B. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation To offer good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in this area. Long-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of care. This includes a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated a relatively low 79.52756 percent of its residents. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Sutherland Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Sutherland Care Center, 2.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Sutherland Care Center, 11.02% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Sutherland Care Center, 3.23% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that sustained urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Sutherland Care Center, 41.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Sutherland Care Center, 17.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Sutherland Care Center, 1.85% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Sutherland Care Center, 78.37% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Sutherland Care Center, 13.68% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Sutherland Care Center, 15.35% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Sutherland Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Sutherland Care Center, 15.35% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Sutherland Care Center, 9.85% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Sutherland Care Center, 79.14% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.